Groups Lobby To Keep Temporary Tax In Place

Three dozen organizations are involved with a new coalition designed to build support for extending an extra penny on North Carolina's sales tax to prevent deep cuts to public schools and services.

The tax is scheduled to expire at the end of June

The Quality Schools Coalition scheduled a news conference Friday afternoon on the grounds of the old Capitol building in downtown Raleigh. Representatives of four statewide organizations involved were scheduled to speak.

Keeping the sales tax would preserve more than $1 billion in revenues. Republicans are adamant about letting the tax expire, saying it was a promise legislators made to North Carolina citizens in 2009.

The extra penny sets the sales tax floor consumers must pay on purchases at 7.75 percent. Many counties have slightly higher rates.

Online Public Information File

Viewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or fccinfo@fcc.gov.